Patient Education

Medicines for enlarged prostate (BPH) can affect eye muscles during cataract surgery. Before having cataract surgery, tell your ophthalmologist if you take, or have taken, prostate medicine. If your eye surgeon knows this, he or she can take steps to avoid certain complications during surgery. If you

When you have a cataract, your eye’s naturally clear lens is cloudy. Eventually your vision will be hazy and blurry. The only way to remove a cataract is with surgery. With cataract surgery, your cloudy lens is replaced with an artificial lens. You do not have to have cataract surgery if your symptoms

Cataract surgery is an operation to remove your eye’s lens when it is cloudy. The purpose of your lens is to bend (refract) light rays that come into the eye to help you see. Your own lens should be clear, but with a cataract it is cloudy. Having a cataract can be like looking through a foggy or dusty

Cystoid macular edema (CME) is where tiny, fluid-filled sacs called cysts develop in your macula. It affects your central vision. It may be treated with eye drop medicines, medication injections, laser surgery, or other surgery. If you have any questions about your eyes or your vision, speak with your

An intraocular lens (IOL) is a clear, artificial lens for the eye. It replaces your eye’s cloudy natural lens when you have cataract surgery. There are different kinds of IOLs. A monofocal IOL is usually set for clear distance vision, with eyeglasses needed for reading or close work. Multifocal and

Posterior capsulotomy is a laser procedure you may need sometime after cataract surgery to restore clear vision. When your new lens was implanted in your eye during cataract surgery, it was placed in the eye’s natural capsule. Over time, this capsule can become cloudy or wrinkled, causing blurry vision.